Setting up the agent

How you prepare a file transfer agent MFT4AGT1, including MQSC scripts that you must run.

1. Issue the following command:

   fteCreateAgent -agentName MFT4AGT1 -agentQMgr MFT4

   After you create the agent with the fteCreateAgent command, the agents directory, and a subdirectory for the agent, MFT4AGT1, are added to the MFT5 directory.

   In the data\MFT5\agents\MFT4AGT1 directory you find the:

   • agent.properties file
   • MFT4AGT1_create.mqsc file, which containsIBM® MQ definitions required by the agent.
2. Change to the data\MFT5\agents\MFT4AGT1 directory, and create the required agent queue manager definitions by issuing the following command:

   runmqsc MFT4 < MFT4AGT1_create.mqsc > mft4.txt

3. Open the mft4.txt results file with your preferred editor and ensure that the definitions have been created successfully.
4. Start the agent by typing the following command: fteStartAgent MFT4AGT1.
5. Display the agent by typing the following command: fteListAgents.
   You should see output similar to the following:

   5655-MFT, 5724-H72 Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2025.  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
   BFGPR0127W: No credentials file has been specified to connect to IBM MQ. 
   Therefore, the assumption is that IBM MQ authentication has been disabled.
   Agent Name:     Queue Manager Name:     Status:
   MFT4AGT1        MFT4                    READY
   

   Note: if you have not enabled connection authentication in your Managed File Transfer environment, you can ignore the BFGPR0127W message.

   If you issue the ftelistAgents command and receive the following message, BFGCL0014W: No agents exist that match the current selection criteria., see What to do if your MFT agent is not listed by the fteListAgents command.